[Bug 61381] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashes at login

[Adolfo R. Brandes]

This is happening to me *every time* I try to login using XDMCP (from
Cygwin), up to the latest updates on my Edgy box as of this moment.
Edgy was dist-upgraded from Dapper 3 weeks ago.  Before the upgrade,
everything worked.

Just to be clear: I can login, but the symptoms after that are much like
described in gosh's previous comment.  I get a brown screen for a few
seconds, then a brown screen with a white rectangle on the top-left
corner for up to 2 minutes, and finally the following error message
(where the white rectangle was):

"There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
correctly.

The last error message was:

Activation of org.gnome.SettingsDaemon timed out

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log
in."

After that, I get no menu bars, only the icons on the desktop (with the
background image loaded).

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gnome-settings-daemon crashes at login
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61381